Sublime

he first figuratively and then literally set out to “play God,” initially by making the claim that humans had the power of gods and then during the past decade by creating an organization to save and restore endangered species with modern biotechnology.

They also realized that other coronaviruses in the same family as Sars-Cov-2 did not have a similar password, much less one positioned so well. That finding raised the question of why Sars-Cov-2 did. A few scientists speculated openly whether the virus had been designed or modified in a laboratory. But most dismissed those questions as irrelevant,

“Pounding in the back of their heads was a gnawing feeling that science and the press had taken advantage of them.”

valedictory

transgression

Winkler was picking up on the enthusiasm as he kept going. A real scientist, I thought. All passion for his subject matter.

amalgam